Saturday, May 21, 2011

Mozilla has now updated their Beta Chanel with their Latest Development, Which is right now in Progress, That is the new Mozilla FireFox 5.0 Beta is now available to download. It is now officially available for Mac, Windows and Linux Operating Systems. This new 5.0 version is updated with loads of new features and Stability, but as it is right now in Development stages(BETA) so there might be some Bugs in it.

Features:

Added support for CSS animations

Added support for switching Firefox development channels

The Do-Not-Track header preference has been moved to increase discoverability

Improved canvas, JavaScript, memory, and networking performance

Improved standards support for HTML5, XHR, MathML, SMIL, and canvas

Improved spell checking for some locales

Improved desktop environment integration for Linux users

The good and new thing found in this 5.0 version is that, you can quickly switch between Aurora, Beta and Stable channels from the About menu of Firefox to “test features at various levels of development, quality and polish.”

Mozilla is pleased to release a new Firefox Beta for download and testing.
Mozilla recently introduced the Firefox Aurora development channel to support more frequent releases. The shift to a rapid release development cycle delivers cutting edge Firefox features, performance enhancements, security updates and stability improvements to users faster.
After five weeks of testing on the Firefox Aurora channel, the next version of Firefox is ready for the beta channel. This release includes the Firefox channel switcher, performance and stability enhancements and support for the new CSS Animations standard to allow developers build more amazing Web experiences. The new Firefox channel switcher lets users move between Firefox Aurora, Beta and Release channels to test features at various levels of development, quality and polish.
Thanks to Firefox Beta testers for being a crucial part of refining and preparing the next version of Firefox for more than 400 million users worldwide.